Use wechat scan QR code < / P > < p > to share with friends and circle of friends < / P > < p > < strong style = "box sizing: inherit- webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;"> Financial Association (Shanghai, editor Qi Lin) news < / strong >, Monday afternoon, Eastern time, < a target = "_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E5%BE%AE%E8%BD%AF "> Microsoft < / a > co founder < a target ="_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E6%AF%94%E5%B0%94%E7%9B%96%E8%8C%A8 "> a tweet by Bill Gates has shocked the United States and even the world. A short message signed by him and his wife Melinda announced their divorce < p > "after a lot of thinking and effort about our relationship, we decided to end our marriage." "In 27 years of marriage, we have raised three children and set up a foundation to enable people around the world to live healthy and valuable lives," they said in a statement. We will continue to share the faith in this mission and strive for the foundation, but we no longer believe that we can grow up together as a couple in our future life. " The foundation, founded by Bill Gates and his wife in 2000 and named after both sides, has about 1600 staff members and makes a large number of donations in the fields of global public health and education every year. The foundation is the world's largest charitable foundation with assets of about $50 billion < p > and bill and < a target = "_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E6%A2%85%E7%90%B3%E8%BE%BE%C2%B7%E7%9B%96%E8%8C%A8 "> Melinda Gates < / a > Foundation (Bill & amp; Melinda Gates Foundation also issued a statement later, saying that Mr. and Mrs. gates will continue to serve as co chairman and trustee, and there will be no change in the foundation < p > although Bill Gates has donated about $50 billion of assets to the foundation, his personal wealth still ranks fourth in the world, including more than 1% of Microsoft shares. According to Forbes' 2021 global rich list, Bill Gates ranks second to Amazon founder Bezos, Tesla founder musk and LVMH boss Bernard Arnault. As of May 3, his latest wealth was $130.5 billion

Property division < / strong > < / P > < p > this divorce will bring new problems: how will the couple divide their property At the moment, the gates and his wife have not released the financial details of the divorce. However, according to US media reports, it is believed that they must have signed a prenuptial agreement < p > according to the statistics published in January by land report, the monthly real estate magazine of the United States, the couple owns a total of 242000 acres of farms, and they have their own farms in more than ten states of the United States, making them the largest landlords in the United States At present, more than half of his personal wealth is obtained through assets other than Microsoft's equity, including a large number of shares in four seasons hotel chain, Canadian National Railway Company and AutoNation, Canada's largest auto chain dealer < p > and Melinda Gates owns her own company, pivot ventures, which mainly invests in issues related to women's economic empowerment. If she gets a part of Microsoft shares in the divorce property division, she can set up her own foundation or donate directly to the cause she supports in the future In 2008, Bill Gates resigned as the CEO of Microsoft and quit the daily management of Microsoft. Last year, he resigned as a director of Microsoft and a stock god_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E5%B7%B4%E8%8F%B2%E7%89%B9 "> director of Berkshire Hathaway, an investment company owned by Warren Buffett < p > according to US media reports on Monday, people close to Bill Gates disclosed that the relationship between the gates and his wife has been very difficult in the past few years, and they are on the verge of collapse on several occasions, but they are trying to maintain it. Bill Gates left the boards of the two companies last year, in part because he could spend more time with his family